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Fashionable Friend Friday

Today’s Fashionable Friend Friday is new SPONSOR Jennifer Howard of JWH Design and Cabinetry.  Jen has been on my radar for a while since she designed a friend’s kitchen years ago.  I was so impressed with her work and how incredible the outcome was.  Since then I have been following her and so admire her talent in every project.  Most recently Jen has been chosen to design House Beautiful’s Kitchen of the Year in San Francisco!!!!!!!  And, just last week, the JWH team won a Design award from Westchester Magazine, for the Best Use of a Small Space.  Please check out more of Jen’s work and if you are in need of a remodel, visit the JWH website HERE.







Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy

Now that Spring is in full force and after school activities are at an all time high, I thought I would share with you a quick, easy crock pot chicken recipe.  I just made this last week and it was a hit.  I served it with rice and veggies and everyone asked for seconds.  I really love my crock pot.  It is a super easy way to get dinner on the table!  Bon Appetit!!!!

Crock Pot Chicken and Gravy
adapted from The Country Cook

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Ingredients

  • 2 packets dry chicken gravy mix
  • 1 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  • garlic powder, salt & black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • rice, mashed potatoes or noodles for serving

  1. Season chicken breasts (both sides) with garlic powder, black pepper and a pinch of salt.
  2. In your crock pot, whisk together the gravy packets, cream of chicken soup, and water until smooth.
  3. Add the seasoned chicken breasts. Be sure to cover them in gravy.
  4. Cover and cook on low for about 6-8 hours.
  5. Once cooked, break chicken up into chunks using a fork.
  6. Stir in sour cream.

All About Highlighters

I have been reading so much about adding Highlighters to your makeup routine.  They add so much, a youthful glow, a sunkissed look, and overall make you look younger.  Basically, they are a makeup that attracts light to create an “illusion of brightness”.  Here are some of the best highlighters on the market for your review.  I also included a video to make sure you will be able to apply it just right!!!!

The RMS Beauty Living Luminizer has a cult following and is a favorite of beauty editors around the world.  It is suppose to work well on all skin tones and leaves a natural youthful glow.  It is a BESTELLER!!!!   For more info or to purchase click HERE.

The cream to powder Benefit Watt’s Up is another winner.  This highlighter is smooth and long lasting and has been called magical!!!!  To purchase click HERE.



The Kevin Aucoin Celestial Liquid Lighting gel cream is suppose to make your skin look as if you were bathed in candlelight.  To purchase click HERE.

Here is the best way to apply a highlighter according to Birchbox:

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Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld the KING of Chanel has recently 
started designing a lower priced line available in US 
department stores and online shops such as 
Net A Porter and Yoox.  I have become enamored 
of this line.  It totally has the classic Coco Chanel 
feel at really great prices.  I actually met the cutest 
PR girl at an event and she was wearing a Karl 
Lagerfeld chic black blouse..when she told me she 
only paid $60, I knew I had to share this awesome 
secret with you!!!!  Happy Shopping.

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld zip back dress
lordandtaylor.com

Karl Lagerfeld ruffle sleeve shirt
– net-a-porter.com

Karl Lagerfeld beaded top
lordandtaylor.com

Ruffle front top
dillards.com

Karl Lagerfeld frill top
lordandtaylor.com

Karl lagerfeld coat
 net-a-porter.com

Karl Lagerfeld pocket jacket
– net-a-porter.com

Karl lagerfeld jacket
lordandtaylor.com

Karl Lagerfeld pocket jacket
lordandtaylor.com

Karl lagerfeld jacket
vestiairecollective.com

Karl Lagerfeld sparkly sandals
lordandtaylor.com

Book Club Monday

Today’s Book Club Monday choice is Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran.  This book has been getting rave reviews that it is so powerful and its message stays with you long after you finish reading.  The story goes like this:

Eighteen years old and fizzing with optimism, Solimar Castro-Valdez embarks on a perilous journey across the Mexican border. Weeks later, she arrives in Berkeley, California, dazed by first love found then lost, and pregnant. This was not the plan. Undocumented and unmoored, Soli discovers that her son, Ignacio, can become her touchstone, and motherhood her identity in a world where she’s otherwise invisible.

Kavya Reddy has created a beautiful life in Berkeley, but then she can’t get pregnant and that beautiful life seems suddenly empty. When Soli is placed in immigrant detention and Ignacio comes under Kavya’s care, Kavya finally gets to be the singing, story-telling kind of mother she dreamed of being. But she builds her love on a fault line, her heart wrapped around someone else’s child. 



Nacho” to Soli, and Iggy” to Kavya, the boy is steeped in love, but his destiny and that of his two mothers teeters between two worlds as Soli fights to get back to him. Lucky Boy is a moving and revelatory ode to the ever-changing borders of love.
FROM AMAZON.COM


To purchase this book or for more information, click HERE.

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Weekend Real Estate Stalking

Here is another great Rye home…this time in the awesome Waterfront area of Greenhaven!…I love this colonial.  Its so bright and airy with great space for entertaining.  The decor is amazing as well!!  For more information or to see this property, contact Connie Stetler, HERE.

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